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Support Our Troops!
The information and links are intended to help you
prepare small and useful packages to send to an individual
Armed Forces member currently deployed in Afghanistan or Iraq where
conditions and the environment preclude any sense of "home".
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QUICK
INSTRUCTIONS |
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Adopt a Troop |
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would like to personally send a package to be distributed to a
deployed soldier- someone that has not received any packages from
home- please send to one of the following APO/FPO addresses and it
will be given out by the company 1st Sgt. |
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Suggestions |
| 1. Keep it simple!
Think travel size or small and portable when selecting items. |
| 2. A small note of
encouragement will be appreciated as much as the articles you have
so carefully chosen. |
| 3. Shipping costs
are for East to West coasts only; APO and FPO are military routing
post office locations through San Francisco, New York or Miami. |
| 4. Fleet Post Office in
San Francisco is the primary gateway for troops in Iraq and
Afghanistan, so determine shipping costs to San Francisco for those
locations only. |
| 5. Ask family members,
co-workers or church friends to share in the cost of shopping and
shipping. |
| 6. Encourage
organizations that you have a membership in to sponsor one or more
service members. |
| 7. Be aware that
for many of the military this is their first time away from home,
and many are homesick. |
| 8. Do not be
disappointed if you do not get a thank you note - our military is
busy right now. |
| 9. Remember your
"adopted" military member is going to be overseas for an the average
of one year. A frequent note or another package would be true
support. |
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DO NOT SEND |
| Please do not mail any of
the following to either APO or FPO addresses. |
| Chocolate |
Aerosol containers |
| Pork |
Glass jars |
| Magazines or photos with nudity |
Homemade foods |
| Religious items |
Flea collars |
| Tobacco |
Perishable items |
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